Bait-clamping fishhook



March 21, 1950 A. H. PAPE CLAMPING FISHHOOK BAIT- Filed Sept. 10, 1945 Patented Mar. 21, 1950 BAIT-CLAMPING FISHHQGK August H. Pape, Kentfield, Califl, assignor of onehalf to C. J. Grieder, San Francisco, Calif.

Application September 10, 1945, Serial No. 615,251

OFFICE 4 Claims.

1 This invention has for its primary object to provide a fish hook in which the bait is held in such a way that it will not be dislodged and lost when casting the line to which the hook is at- Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View taken on the line 6-4) of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a side view of the hook showing the manner of forcing the bills together to spread tached. the shanks apart for insertion of the bait there- Another object is to provide a dual fish hook between; unit in which the bait instead of being pierced Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the hook taken at by the hook in the ordinary manner is resiliently right angles to Fig. 7 and as it appears with the clamped and securely held between the shanks bait clamped therein. of the two hooks while being embraced by and 10 Referring to the drawing more specifically, A also clamped between the bills of the hooks thereand B designate like fish hooks of special formaby assuring that the bait will remain in place tion in accordance with my invent on and which at all times except when the bait and hook are as here shown are formed of a single piece of taken by the fish. suitable resilient metal, but could, as is obvi- A further object is to provide a fish hook such ous, be formed as separate hooks provided they as descr bed in Which the barbs of he h o s are connected at the free ends of their shanks 9 cooperate with the shanks and bills to hold the so that such shanks are opposed and extended bait in P e Without equ ring that the sharp somewhat divergently toward the bills l0. p ts of t e 00 5 Pierce the bait or causing In accordance with my invention the bills l0 said p int o e disposed in p n in which of the hooks 9 extend side by side and outwardly they would fail to hook the fish when the bait is in opposite directions from the shanks with the taken or struck by the fish. portions Ill of the bills which are adjacent the Another object is to provide a dual fish hook juncture of the bills and shanks arranged to of the character described in which resilient cross one another as best shown in Fig. 2. With shanks of the hooks are opposed and connected this arrangement of the shanks and bills there at their outer ends and the bills of the books is formed an elongated 100p C in which thg bait are extended in opposite directions and crossed may be clamped and held as shown in Figs. 3, whereby with the shanks there is provided a 4 and 8. itmpin lo p whi h may e enlarged t Whether the two hooks A and B are made as receive e bait y forcin he b lls t gether and separate hooks or from a single piece of resilient will resiliently clamp and hold the bait when the flat wire as here shown (or of round Wire) I bills are released y the D prefer to use a sleeve or ferrule I l which is fitted Yet another object of the invention is to protightly or pressed onto the shanks 9 of the hooks. vide a dual hook such as described which if This sleeve, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, is punched desired may be conveniently made from a single through to form therein tubular rivet members piece of steel or other resilient wire. i2 and is which extend between the shanks in Another object of the invention is to provide inwardly spaced relation to the web or joint a dual hook such as described in which the outer portion is of the two shanks. In forming these ends of the two shanks are mounted in a sleeve punched-in portions :2 and is eyes or openings formed and mounted in place so that it is securely 4-0 are formed whereby a fishing line may be secured held against removal and will hold the two shanks to the hook unit hereof. Other openings it are in proper position, also afford a ready connection formed adjacent the outer end of the sleeve ll of the fishing line to the hook unit. so that lug portions l1 project inwardly to lie h t e foregoing jec s in View, gether upon the outer side of the joint portion Hi as wi h such oth r o jects and adv n a s as may shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In fastening the sleeve subsequently appear, the invention resides in the to the shanks 9 it is pressed and punched so that parts and in the combination, construction and the metal thereof forming the portions l2, l3 arrangement of parts hereinafter described and and Ill will forcibly bear against the shanks and Claimed. and illustrated y y f a ple in the joint portion M to securely anchor the sleeve the accompanying drawing, in which: to the shank.

Fig. l is an elevational View of a dual hook embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the dual hook taken at right angles to Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the hook showing With reference to Fig. 7 it is seen that in order to open the bait-clamping loop C for reception of bait, the operator grasps the two bills Ill between the thumb and first finger and forces them together, inserts the bait D and then lets go of the two bills. The dual hook is tensioned so that the shanks and bills will tend to spring from position shown in Fig. 7 back to position shown in Fig. 2 thereby causing the shanks and bills to clamp the bait D therebetween with the bait resting in the bills and the free end portions of the bills pressing against opposite sides of the bait. These free end portions are twisted somewhat spirally and the barbs l8 aredisposed so that they will bite into the bait while the sharp pointed ends 19 lie against the bait. The bills In as a whole are twisted helically as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 better to encompass and hold the bait. Thus the barbs assist in holding the bait without requiring that the sharp ends is pierce the bait.

With the bait resiliently clamped between the shanks 9 and bills 10, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 8, it is prevented from being dislodged when casting or when the line is in swift water, but is effectively presented to the fish with the dual hooks disposed to hook-the fish when the bait is taken.

The pointed ends [9 of the hooks curve somewhat inwardly toward the shanks and therefore with the bills 1E] and portions of the shanks 9 adjacent said bills, substantially embrace and partially encircle the bait while also clamping it under spring tension to prevent accidental dislodgement and loss of the bait.

While I have shown and described a specific embodiment of my invention I do not limit myself to the exact details of construction set forth, and the invention embraces such changes, modifications and equivalents of the parts and their formation and arrangement as come Within the purview of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a dual fish hook, a'pair of like fish hooks each comprising a comparatively straight shank and a bill portion integral with one end of the shank, and means joining the other ends of said shanks for attachment to a fishing line, said shanks being disposed in spaced opposed relation, said bills having barbed points and being crossed and extended in opposite directions and provided with a helical twist from said shanks to said points so as to embrace a piece of bait clamped between said shanks.

2. A dual fish hook comprising a pair of like fish hooks each formed of a piece of fiat resilient wire and having a comparatively straight shank and a bill portion integral with one end of said shank and provided with a barbed point; and means joining the other ends of said shanks for attachment to a fishing line, said shanks having their fiat sides opposed to one another and adapted to be spread apart to clamp therebetween a piece of bait, said bill portions crossing one another and extending outwardly in opposite directions and being provided with a helical twist so that they will extend around a piece of bait clamped between the shanks.

3. In a bait clamp fishing hook, a pair of fish hooks having substantially straight shanks joined to one another at the ends which are adapted to be attached to a fishing line, and bill portions at the other ends of said shanks having barbed points and being provided with a helical twist so as to embrace a piece of bait which is held between said shanks.

4. In a dual fishing hook, a pair of shanks arranged in opposed relation to one another and a joint portion integrally connecting certain ends of said shanks; and a sleeve fitted over said shanks and having inwardly struck portions lying on opposite sides of said joint portion of said shanks for holding the sleeve in place, there being openings in said sleeve on opposite sides of said joint portion affording the attachment thereof to a fishing line.

AUGUST H. PAPE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,312,734 Jones Aug. 12, 1919 1,372,900 Olinger Mar. 29, 1921 2,124,263 Schott July 19, 1938 2,247,806 Foley July 1, 1941 2,345,197 Hirsch et al Mar. 28, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 336,483 France Jan. 16, 1904 

